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KARACHI: Over 10 people have died of heatwave and hundreds of others were hospitalized as mercury hovered over 43 degrees Celsius in Karachi. Health practitioners have advised citizens to adopt precautionary measures and avoid unnecessary…

WASHINGTON: In its Trafficking in Persons Report fir the year 2024, the US State Department has said that both Pakistan and India do not meet the minimum criteria to check human smuggling. The report said that at least 4.5 million people…

GILGIT: The Gilgit-Baltistan government presented the annual budget in the legislative assembly during which opposition members boycotted the session. The budget was presented in the assembly by finance minister Muhammad Ismail. The…

NEW YORK: A taxi driver of Pakistani origin was shot in the head by armed men in New York city, police said. The gunmen shot Navid Afzal, 51, in his taxi and escaped on foot. Police said that they were alerted about the incident and…

MOSCOW (Reuters): Gunmen opened fire at a synagogue, an Orthodox church and a police post in attacks across two cities in Russia's North Caucasus region of Dagestan. An Orthodox priest and multiple police officers were killed in the…

ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi has approved the deployment of Rangers in Azad Kashmir to help police in maintenance of law and order. The approval was given by the minister at a meeting with Azad Kashmir Prime Minister Chaudhry…

Irshadullah Khan PESHAWAR: A Chitrali youth committed suicide after killing a young woman while travelling in a rickshaw in Peshawar on Saturday, police said.  The incident occured at Aman Chowk near the American consulate located in the…

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Canada have vowed to enhance their coordination and cooperation to tackle different issues related to trade, immigration and human and drug trafficking. The understanding came at a meeting between Canadian High…

ISLAMABAD. The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has expressed shock over the murder of journalist and former president of the Landi Kotal Press Club Khalil Jibran by unidentified armed assailants. Mr Jibran, who worked with…

SRINAGAR: A shutter-down strike is being observed as Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is visiting occupied Jammu and Kashmir.  During the visit that started on June 20, the Indian prime minister inaugurated several development projects…